on january 3rd hoping to shoot down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with a doj lawyer. cipollone repeatedly warned about the legal pitfalls of trump going to the capitol with his supporters. on january 6th, two sources say he was with trump watching the riot unfold on television. he demanded the chief of staff mark meadows intervene, and the next day the white house counsel told trump to call for the prosecution of the rioters. trump of course never did that, still referring to them as, quote, peaceful. cnn s ryan nobles is on capitol hill. pat cipollone may be the most important witness that has come before the january 6th select committee up until this point, and he spent a lot of time with the committee on friday, gave testimony for more than seven hours, and according to committee sources, they asked him a lot of very specific questions about his view of how the former president conducted himself on january 6th and the decisions that were made on tha
appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in hearings to come. during pivotal moments, cipollone was in the know and very much in the room, including the oval office on january 3rd shooting down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with an election denying doj lawyer. and two sources say he was with trump during the riot itself watching it unfold on television. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york elie honig who is also a cnn senior legal analyst. elie, let s be honest here. neither of us were in the room for all eight hours, which would have been great for news, but less good for actual having a life. that said, we have gotten bits and pieces from our reporting from our team at cnn about what pat cipollone was asked about when he may have said. what s your biggest takeaway
current prime minister fumio kishida really encapsulated the emotions felt across japan. he was visibly upset, in tears almost, you know, as he talked about the current condition of former prime minister abe and went on to say that calling the shooting an unforgivable act. abe s brother and current minister of defense nobuo kishi also addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and the suppression of freedom of speech. witnesses say that abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after that first shot but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr and the suspect as you described a man in his 40s was arrested on the spot in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. now, abe was there in japan s western city to deliver a stump speech for the liberal democratic candidates ahead of the upper house election set for this sunday, while a couldn t verse figure here in japan at times and around the world for his policies, abe is an in
6th. now, sources close to cipollone do say that he was cooperative, but they do take issue with some of the characterization by the committee. zoe lofgren who was a member of the committee said that he didn t contradict anything that previous witnesses have said. that would include cassidy hutchinson, and sources close to cipollone specifically say that he was ever asked about one key details that cassidy hutchinson provided, and that was that cipollone warned members of the trump administration including specifically her that if they went to the capitol on january 6th, that if trump went to the capitol on january 6th, that there could be legal consequences. they say that he was never asked about that, and if he had been asked about it, he would have said that that conversation never took place. now, regardless, the committee points out that no one has refuted a single thing that cassidy hutchinson has said under oath, and they believe that s important, and they also believe it s more
cipollone provided to them in this lengthy deposition. they say that we will see much of it in the coming days ahead. of course the committee does have a hearing scheduled for next tuesday. there are more hearings planned for the future. so there is a lot more that we re going to hear from pat cipollone after this lengthy testimony that took place on friday. ryan nobles, cnn on capitol hill. joining me now, former 2020 trump campaign director of strategic communications, mark lauder. thanks so much for coming in. it s good to see you again. pat cipollone is one of just a handful of people that was very much seeing everything firsthand. do you think eight hours behind closed doors under oath with pat cipollone is something that should concern the former president at this point? i m not sure if it will concern him. i think he s obviously got the ability to corroborate or refute various aspects of things that might have been told. he s also the lead lawyer for the white house, for the